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PETROTRIN'S RESPONSE
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Oilfields Workers Trade
Union (OWTU) is calling for
an immediate criminal inves-
tigation into top officials of
state-owned Petrotrin.
The OWTU, led by president
general Ancel Roget, on Tues-
day delivered letters requesting
the investigation to acting
Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams and
Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard.
Copies of the letter accompanied by the rel-
evant reports and confidential documents were
delivered to the Integrity Commission and Finan-
cial Intelligence Unit as well. The letter is calling
for a criminal investiga-
tion into Petrotrin s chair-
man Lindsay Gillette, its
president Khalid Has-
sanali and exploration and
production manager Dex-
ter Daniel.
Roget s request comes
after a series of investiga-
tive reports published in
the Trinidad Express
regarding the South West
Soldado Development
Project which pointed to
"fiduciary failure, collusive
tendering" and an illegal
"prepayment and theft of
millions of dollars of pub-
lic funds."
Petrotrin, in a media
statement late on Tues-
day, stated that articles
published by the Express
"contain several inaccu-
racies, allegations and
imputations which are
injurious to the company,
its board of directors, its
management and its
employees."
Roget said the media
reports also highlighted
that top brass at Petrotrin
had allegedly breached
the company s rules and
contract laws.
"I think there is
enough in the public
domain to warrant the call
for a criminal investiga-
tion," Roget said in a tele-
phone interview after
dropping off the letters.
The media report,
Roget said, also highlight-
ed an upfront commis-
sion fee of some US$1.25
million made by Petrotrin
to a small-time Mexican
maritime company and
cited there was no paper-
work to support the
selection process for the
project.
Roget s letter also asked
for an investigation into
"questionable transac-
tions" including a report-
ed US$100,000 wire
transfer being rerouted to
a local bank in Ellerslie
Plaza, Maraval.
Roget had first raised
the issue of the rerouted
funds to a bank in Mar-
aval in November last year
when promoting the
union s march against the
Government.
"The truth is there that
a crime has been com-
mitted and it needs to be
investigated," Roget said
yesterday.
Williams is currently
out of the country, but
Roget said another
"senior officer" collected
the documents on his
behalf.
Ancel Roget, president general, Oilfields Workers' Trade Union, speaks to reporters
outside the Police Administration Building on Sackville Street, Port-of-Spain, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: MICHEAL BRUCE
Following prior unsuccessful attempts to
contract a production barge, a public
invitation to bid (ITB) was issued in October
2011 inviting bids for a two-year period.
An audit in March 2012 was conducted
which confirmed that the commercial
evaluation which used only the mandatory
initial two-year period be accepted by the
Board and the contract be awarded to
Maritima Ecologia SA de CV (Marecsa) as
recommended by the evaluation committee.
Following the audit and Petrotrin's
approved process, an award was made to
Marecsa on March 6, 2012.
Thereafter the Board approved
negotiations with Marecsa, Petrotrin
approved and paid a negotiated mobilisation
fee of US$1.25 million to Marecsa,
consistent with process in keeping with
Petrotrin's Approved Delegation of Authority
(DOA).
Petrotrin secured a Performance Bond
with Bankers Insurance Company of T&T Ltd
(Bankers) to protect the company in the
event of non-performance.
Jeffrey Clark, who is alleged to have
registered Sterling Marine Ltd (SML), the
reported beneficiary of US$100,000, is not
and never was an agent or representative of
Petrotrin. Marecsa, by letter dated April 19,
2012, appointed Clark as its T&T contact.
Allegations of bribery in oil deal
OWTU calls for
criminal probe